Roma have announced plans to buy Donyell Malen permanently for €25m, the Dutch striker that they got on loan in January from Aston Villa. Given the prices circulating today, it's certainly a coup, given that he's scored 10 goals in 12 games so far.
Italy's elimination from the World Cup playoffs, sealed in a penalty shootout against Bosnia and Herzegovina, marks a watershed moment in European football, as they become the first former World Cup winners to miss three consecutive tournaments.
Of course we didn't want the match to end like that, given the spectacle it was, but I couldn't leave my teammates in trouble and just stand there. I went to defend my teammates. - Cruzeiro striker Kaio Jorge, explaining his involvement in the brawl after scoring the winning goal.
Have a look at a photograph taken this past December in the Kennedy Center. There is Donald Trump, grinning from ear to ear, with a flashy gold medal around his neck. In front of him is a large, phallic gold (or perhaps gilded) trophy depicting hands holding up the globe (or perhaps a soccer ball). It was Trump's very own " FIFA Peace Prize."
The Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat on Sunday night was a fairly normal football match, for most of the first 89 minutes... and then it descended into utter madness as a penalty call (soft but right) had a domino effect across the stadium.